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Data Analysts Bring You Home on Time

Every day, Austria’s leading mobility services provider, the ÖBB Group, helps around 1.3 million passengers reach their destination – and to reach it safely and on time. In 2015, the Austrian Federal Railways ÖBB was among the most punctual railway operators in Europe with a punctuality rate of 96.3 percent – a rate ÖBB is striving to improve further.

ÖBB uses smart data analytics – provided by Siemens’ Digital Services and powered by Sinalytics – to optimize the high service level of its railjet lines. These Siemens-engineered state-of-the-art high-speed trains link major cities in Austria, Germany and Hungary. Running like clockwork – some at two-hour intervals – they attract cross-border commuters and frequent business travelers alike. They appreciate the reliability and punctuality of railjet – a service that makes their busy lives much easier.

ÖBB Technical Services is responsible for railjet maintenance and fleet management. The ÖBB subsidiary works closely with Siemens’ international team of data analysts to interpret the tens of thousands of data points generated by trains deployed across the rail operator’s infrastructure. These data points come together to create a comprehensive real-time digital status of the entire railjet fleet.

Interurban Mobility Like Clockwork

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Within the ÖBB, railjet distinguishes itself by high customer satisfaction. We’re convinced that we are achieving a direct benefit for our customer with the digitalization package and the Siemens rail data service.

Know Your Data, Know Your Trains

Siemens’ international team of data analysts interprets ÖBB’s complex streams of mobility-related, as well as sensor-enabled, data to spot trends and monitor the status of machinery – a service that requires a deep understanding of data and extensive rail expertise. Monitoring in real time has helped ÖBB spot potential weaknesses, prevent downtime, save energy and costs, and boost availability.

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For the future of the mobility business, vehicles alone are not the decisive factor. For customers, it is about the lifetime costs of vehicles and their efficient use. Success can be achieved only with the help of bundled data from vehicles, the infrastructure and operations.

Predictive maintenance offers a number of benefits for operators and authorities. This white paper describes these benefits. It is an extract of a new report entitled “The Data Opportunity”, which is scheduled to be presented at this year’s InnoTrans.